Portable display-book.



R. N. BEARD.

PORTABLE DISPLAY BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11. 1915.

1,1 6?,61. Patented Jan. 11., 1916.

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l/VVE/VTOI? %J% ROBERT MBEHRIJ M BY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

R. N. BEARD.

PORTABLE DISPLAY BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.II. 191s.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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PORTABLE DISPLAY-BOOK.

To 07 whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT N. BEARD, re-

siding at Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska,

have invented a new and useful Portable Display-Book, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in portable display books, and has particular reference to those used in the wall paper trade for displaying samples of wall paper. Although wall paper is specifically referred to, it is obvious that samples of material other than wall paper may be shown to advantage by means of my book.

One object of my invention is to provide a portable display book so arranged as to accommodate a greater volume of material than books of the same size heretofore made. This increased carrying capacity of my book is. a very desirable feature, especially in the wall paper trade where the greater volume of business done is through the medium of so called hand books. These hand books are carried about from place to place, and since the number of patterns to be displayed is at times quite large, it has been found very inconvenient to carry around the several books required to show the line. Therefore, the greater vol-' ume of paper that can be bound together in a book of convenient size, the fewer the books required. These books have been lexibly bound and rolled up for convenience in carrying, but owing to the frequent handling they receive, such treatment of the book rendered the contents unfit for display purposes, and required frequent renewal of the samples.

My book has been designed with the further object of providing a book capable of withstanding a considerable amount of handling and adapted to keep the samples in good condition.

A further object is to provide a display book arranged to permit a larger view of the contained samples.

In books as heretofore designed for the display of wall paper samples, the samples, comprising ceiling, border, and wall patterns were bound along one edge of said patterns, with said border and wall patterns faced in one and the same direction. Such arrangement however, was objectionable for the reason that the book with the patterns so arranged was thicker at the border edge than along its opposite edge specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 11, 1915.

Patented J an. 11, 1916.

Serial No. 1,709.

due to the fact that the border samples are narrower than either the ceiling or wall paper pattern samples, and resulted in a book of unsymmetrical and unwieldy form, and such book when made up of convenient length and width is limited in thickness, for the reason that were the thickness to exceed half the thickness of my improved form it would be difiicult to turn back the upper samples far enough to afford a comprehensive View of the patterns following due to the increasing bulk of the fold caused by the turning back of the patterns already examined. These and other objections I overcome by a book having supplemental sections reversely arranged on opposite sides of a common base member and adapted to receive a suitable number of patterns reversely arranged with respect to the patterns in the opposite section. This reversal of a portion of the contents operates to balance the book to the extent that all of its edges are of uniform thickness. The sections lend themselves readily to the display of samples of different kinds or qualities, so that the samples of one class orquality may be examined down to the base member without exposing to view the contents of the opposite section. By making the base member of a stiff material, a substantial foundation for the book is provided. By attaching the handle of the book to the base member, the covers are relieved of the strain to which they would be subjected in cases where the handles are secured to the covers of the book; by securing the handle to the base member. I avoid the necessity of using two handles, one to each cover of the book, in order to get a balanced hold on the book.

The said invention will be understood by reference to the acccmpanying drawings in which the same parts are indicated by the same symbols throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book showing one embodiment of my invention, the book being shown open on one side, a portion of the base member being broken away to show the rey'ersed position of the opposite section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the book closed; Fig 3 is a view of the bound edge of the book showing the carrying handle attached to the base member; Fig. 4 is a view of the free end of the book showing the base member with the oppositely arranged sections; Fig. 5 is a side view of the same; Fig. 6 is a detail view of the handle and the manner of attaching it to the base member; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a book arranged to accommodate patterns having both deep and narrow borders; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the book, closed; Fig. 9 is an end view of the book, showing the free edge of one of the sections; Fig. 10 is a similar View of the opposite end, showing the bound edge of the same; Fig. 11 is a view showing the bound edge of the opposite section.

In the drawings, A and B designate sections of wall paper patterns reversely arranged with respect to each other on opposite sides of the common base member (1 between which and the covers D and E they are secured along one edge thereof by fasteners F; G is the handle secured in any suitable manner to the base member C, but

'I prefer to employ a handle of flexible material divided at its ends to embrace the edge of the base member substantially as shown in Fig. 6; the book is held closed by a clasp H arranged preferably upon an edge of the book opposite the handle edge. As shown in Fig. 1, sections A and B are each made up of ceiling papers 10, side wall papers 11 and borders 12. The borders l2 occupying positions along the opposite edges of the book operate to balance the same, thereby producing a book of substantially uniform thickness as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The arrangement described affords convenient inspection of the contents due to the fact that the cover provided for the respective sections may be turned back and the patterns viewed with the borders arranged in their proper position on the wall background; when the patterns in the opposite section are to be shown, the book is reversed, and the patterns brought into position and viewed in like manner.

In the arrangement above described, the

'patterns'are bound along one edge of the book, but in lines in which a number of the border patterns are of greater depth, one of the sections may be bound along an adjacent edge as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 and 10, to permit of the wide borders being shown to advantage with the side wall pattern for a background without increasing the size of the samples. Wide borders 12 with their respective wall pattern backgrounds 11 and ceiling pattern 10 are secured along one side thereof to the long edge of the book on one side of the base member C, while the patterns'in the opposite sections are secured along one side thereof to an adjacent edge of the book on the opposite side of the base member in the same way that the patterns in the book shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive are arranged.

In making up the books, the patterns entering into the sections are assembled in a form and stitched along the edge to be bound and secured, together with their respective covers, upon opposite sides of the common base member.

What I claim is:

A display book made up of a plurality of sections, each section comprising a series of leaves of one length and a series of leaves of a length diiferent from the first series, both series being united by the same binding means, the sections being reversely arranged to compensate for the unequal length of the leaves and to produce a. book of substantially uniform thickness throughout In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT N. BEARD. Witnesses:

PAUL M. BEARD, IVIARTIN E. HERSKIND.

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